NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Atlanta Hawks105–124Boston Celtics

Atlanta Hawks at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 22 December 1978
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 239th meetingof 471 played

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Armond Hill	33:00	1–6	4–5	0	0	0	1	1	1	7	1	6
Dan Roundfield	31:00	9–17	1–1	4	3	7	2	2	2	2	5	19
John Drew	30:00	9–16	3–4	1	3	4	2	1	0	3	3	21
Eddie Johnson	25:00	6–11	0–0	1	1	2	5	2	0	3	4	12
Tree Rollins	25:00	2–4	4–4	2	2	4	1	0	1	1	3	8
Steve Hawes	21:00	4–7	0–0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	8
Tom McMillen	19:00	2–6	4–4	5	2	7	1	0	0	0	5	8
Jack Givens	18:00	5–10	1–1	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	1	11
Charlie Criss	17:00	2–6	1–2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3	2	5
Butch Lee	15:00	1–4	1–1	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	3	3
Keith Herron	6:00	2–4	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	4
Team totals	240:00	43–91	19–22	17	18	35	19	7	4	23	29	105

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cedric Maxwell	41:00	10–13	13–14	4	6	10	2	2	1	2	2	33
Dave Cowens	38:00	11–17	0–0	4	6	10	4	0	2	1	3	22
Jeff Judkins	27:00	6–12	5–5	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	4	17
Billy Knight	25:00	7–12	4–4	1	4	5	0	1	0	3	3	18
Tiny Archibald	24:00	4–8	3–4	2	3	5	6	1	1	4	4	11
Jo Jo White	24:00	3–7	1–3	1	0	1	2	2	0	4	1	7
Marvin Barnes	22:00	2–4	6–6	1	2	3	4	1	1	2	6	10
Chris Ford	21:00	0–3	0–0	0	3	3	5	1	0	2	1	0
Curtis Rowe	12:00	3–4	0–0	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	6
Don Chaney	6:00	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	46–81	32–36	13	28	41	26	10	5	21	24	124

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Atlanta Hawks 2 in NBA 1978-79.

18 Oct 1978Boston Celtics 116–99 Atlanta Hawks
10 Nov 1978Atlanta Hawks 115–103 Boston Celtics
22 Dec 1978105–124 this game
6 Feb 1979Boston Celtics 101–104 Atlanta Hawks

Records going in

Atlanta Hawks: 16–15
Boston Celtics: 11–20

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 291, Atlanta Hawks 180.

10 Nov 1978Atlanta Hawks 115–103 Boston Celtics
6 Feb 1979Boston Celtics 101–104 Atlanta Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.